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Effects of a color gradient and emoji in AR-HUD warning interfaces in autonomous vehicles on takeover performance and
Kaidi Yu1, Dandan Du1, Dongyu Yu1
1Department of School of Design and Art, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.
Objective:
This study examined the effects of color gradients and emojis in an augmented reality-head-up display (AR-HUD) warning interface on driver emotions and takeover performance.
Methods:
A total of 48 participants were grouped into four different warning interfaces for a simulated self-driving takeover experiment. Two-way analysis of variance and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to analyze takeover time, mood, task load, and system availability.
Results:
Takeover efficiency and task load did not significantly differ among the interfaces, but the interfaces with a color gradient and emoji positively affected drivers' emotions. Emojis also positively affected emotional valence, and the color gradient had a high emotional arousal effect. Both the color gradient and the emoji interfaces had an inhibitory effect on negative emotions. The emoji interface was easier to learn, reducing driver learning costs.
Conclusions:
These findings offer valuable insights for designing safer and more user-friendly AR-HUD interfaces for self-driving cars.
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